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http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/watch-syrian-children-plead-for-us-interventionWarning: Video contains some graphic photos of dead bodies.
David__77
(23,369 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)Are they children conscripted and then killed?
David__77
(23,369 posts)...
polly7
(20,582 posts)dkf
(37,305 posts)In reality, they want Assad to be removed, not to have bombs rained on them.
David__77
(23,369 posts)Just like the insurgents conscript small children constantly, and execute those who defy them or are the wrong sect.
dkf
(37,305 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Last edited Sat Sep 7, 2013, 08:07 PM - Edit history (1)
regardless if misdirected it may be, it is something that gives them hope. or else what do they have?
i really cannot believe as we sit here safe and comfy as please, asking if the kids understand they could end up being a victim.
David__77
(23,369 posts)leftstreet
(36,106 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Very sympathetic. I'm assuming your home is comfortable tonight? Do you have a full belly and a sense of security as you mock these children?
Most posters on this site proclaim to be thinking of the children in their call against war. I can honestly say you're the first I've seen to state they simply don't matter at all.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)leftstreet didn't say anything of the sort. They were rolling their eyes at what is obviously propaganda USING those children.
David__77
(23,369 posts)It's not their fault. They're being exploited.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Warpy
(111,245 posts)for a war zone.
Not buying it for a NY second.
jsr
(7,712 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)niyad
(113,258 posts)incubators during the drums beating for war against iraq?
David__77
(23,369 posts)BillyRibs
(787 posts)Bullshit Propaganda!